Everyone loves the warmth of a loving mother. The Church provides one for the year and that is Our Beloved Mother Mary.
It is 01st January 2022.
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year 2022.
As we begin another year of blessings, we entrust the care and protection of the entire year in the hands of Our Most Beloved Mother Mary. As the first reading bestows on everyone the special blessing of God, so we are all endowed with this blessing: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. So, they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.” (Num.6:24-27).
Mary is not merely the mother of Jesus, the Mother of God and of all of us. There are a few things we can learn from this feast especially from Mary, Mother of God. She is hailed to Heaven just because of Her unwavering faith in God; her unchanging Yes to God; today We honour her unique privilege and her relationship with God.
She was never proud to hold this crown and boasting around rather as soon she was offered this responsibility, honour, this one time privilege, she ran to help her cousin Elizabeth who was expecting a baby at her old age.
God had the dream to save the world through Jesus, the Only Son. She fulfilled the dream of God.
God has a dream for each one of us. Yes, I know we all have our resolutions ready for the year, yet, as a believer, we all need to discern the dream
She stood by Jesus till the end and encouraged Him to complete the plan and will of the Father.
She did not keep Her only Jesus for Herself but was able to give Him as a ransom for all. That is why St. Augustine praised Her telling, “She conceived Jesus in her heart before conceiving him in her womb.” The name Jesus means “God Saves” or “God is salvation”.
She stood firm against all the unjust structure against women.
Yes, we have a mother to intercede and recommend all that we have in our hearts. “No one reaches the Father without Jesus, and in the same none can reach Jesus without Mary,” says Pope Leo XII.
The first heralds, the Shepherds proclaimed peace wherever they went.
As Mother Mary reflected everything that unfolded before Her, so we need to include God in all our plans, wishes and resolutions we have for this year. As we look back and thank, so we can look forward with expectation and surrender like Mary. May God bless you.